![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Ghostly Reflections in the Pleiades - *Animation Credit:* STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ] AVL *Image Credits:* Terence Dickinson (backyard view of the Pleiades with Jupiter, Saturn and Hyades); STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ] Digitized Sky Survey; Chuck Vaughn (amateur astrophotographer -- 85-minute exposure taken with a 12.5" f/9 Ritchey-Chretien telescope); The Hubble Heritage [ http://heritage.stsci.edu ] Team (NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ])
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: Barnard's Merope Nebula, IC 349 Object Description: Reflection Nebula in the Pleiades Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 46m 21.30s Dec. +23° 56' 28.0" Constellation: Taurus Mean Surface Brightness: ~18.5 V magnitudes/square arcsecond Distance: 380 light-years Dimensions: The image frame is 3400 astronomical units (0.05 light-years) wide...
Keywords: What -- Merope; What -- Constellation; What -- Taurus; Where -- Hawaii
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| Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: SN1997ff Object Description: Supernova Type Ia in Hubble Deep Field North Galaxy 4-403.0 Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 44.18s Dec. +62° 12' 44.8" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 3 billion parsecs (10 billion light-years) Redshift: z~1.7 About the Data Instrument: NICMOS; WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 23, 1997 - June 22, 1998 Exposure Time: ~ 6 days Filters: F814W (I), F110W (J), F160W (H) Principal Astronomers: A.G...
Keywords: What -- Galaxy 4; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Maryland
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| Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and Greg Bacon (Space Telescope Science Institute)
*Description*:> Artist's Concept This animation is an artist's impression of the appearance and location of a binary Kuiper Belt object. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: 1998 WW31 Object Description: Binary Kuiper Belt Object Distance (from the Sun): The binary object has a semi-major axis of ~ 45 astronomical units (6.7 x 109 km or 4.2 x 109 miles). Disance (from the Earth): During the time of the HST observations (July 2001- February 2002) the binary syste...
Keywords: What -- Sun; What -- Earth; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Pluto; Where -- Paris; Where -- Hawaii
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| Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: SN1997ff Object Description: Supernova Type Ia in Hubble Deep Field North Galaxy 4-403.0 Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 44.18s Dec. +62° 12' 44.8" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 3 billion parsecs (10 billion light-years) Redshift: z~1.7 About the Data Instrument: NICMOS; WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 23, 1997 - June 22, 1998 Exposure Time: ~ 6 days Filters: F814W (I), F110W (J), F160W (H) Principal Astronomers: A.G...
Keywords: What -- Galaxy 4; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Maryland
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| Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: SN1997ff Object Description: Supernova Type Ia in Hubble Deep Field North Galaxy 4-403.0 Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 44.18s Dec. +62° 12' 44.8" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 3 billion parsecs (10 billion light-years) Redshift: z~1.7 About the Data Instrument: NICMOS; WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 23, 1997 - June 22, 1998 Exposure Time: ~ 6 days Filters: F814W (I), F110W (J), F160W (H) Principal Astronomers: A.G...
Keywords: What -- Galaxy 4; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Maryland
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| Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: SN1997ff Object Description: Supernova Type Ia in Hubble Deep Field North Galaxy 4-403.0 Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 44.18s Dec. +62° 12' 44.8" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 3 billion parsecs (10 billion light-years) Redshift: z~1.7 About the Data Instrument: NICMOS; WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 23, 1997 - June 22, 1998 Exposure Time: ~ 6 days Filters: F814W (I), F110W (J), F160W (H) Principal Astronomers: A.G...
Keywords: What -- Galaxy 4; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Maryland
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| Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: SN1997ff Object Description: Supernova Type Ia in Hubble Deep Field North Galaxy 4-403.0 Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 44.18s Dec. +62° 12' 44.8" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 3 billion parsecs (10 billion light-years) Redshift: z~1.7 About the Data Instrument: NICMOS; WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 23, 1997 - June 22, 1998 Exposure Time: ~ 6 days Filters: F814W (I), F110W (J), F160W (H) Principal Astronomers: A.G...
Keywords: What -- Galaxy 4; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Maryland
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| Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: 1998 WW31 Object Description: Binary Kuiper Belt Object Distance (from the Sun): The binary object has a semi-major axis of ~ 45 astronomical units (6.7 x 109 km or 4.2 x 109 miles). Disance (from the Earth): During the time of the HST observations (July 2001- February 2002) the binary system was ~ 46.5 astronomical units from the Earth...
Keywords: What -- Sun; What -- Earth; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Pluto; Where -- Paris; Where -- Hawaii
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| Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: SN1997ff Object Description: Supernova Type Ia in Hubble Deep Field North Galaxy 4-403.0 Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 44.18s Dec. +62° 12' 44.8" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 3 billion parsecs (10 billion light-years) Redshift: z~1.7 About the Data Instrument: NICMOS; WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 23, 1997 - June 22, 1998 Exposure Time: ~ 6 days Filters: F814W (I), F110W (J), F160W (H) Principal Astronomers: A.G...
Keywords: What -- Galaxy 4; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Maryland
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| New Clues About the Nature of Dark Energy: Einstein May Have Been Right After All - *Credit:* Greg Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/12/video/b/still/1/ ]
*Description*:> Artist's Concept This theoretical animation demonstrates that Dark Energy would prove Einstein's cosmological constant is real, the universe would continue to expand at a consistent rate. Technical facts about this news release: About the Data Data Description: The datasets used for these results are from the HST programs: 9425 and 9583: Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) 9352: A...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- ESO; What -- NICMOS; Where -- Hawaii
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| Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens - *Video Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and G. Bacon
*Description*:> Artist's Concept Zoom out from our Sun to the newly discovered celestial object Sedna. The artwork is a conception designed by Adolph Schaller. Sedna resides three times farther away from the Sun than the planet Pluto. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: 2003 VB12 ("Sedna"); K31114A Object Description: Solar System body; planetoid Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Sun; What -- Sedna; What -- Pluto; What -- Constellation; What -- Cetus; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Gemini; Where -- Hawaii
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| Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with Comet - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/17/video/a/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/17/video/a/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/17/video/a/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> This time-lapse sequence of 20 images, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the dramatic effects from a collision early July 4 between comet 9P/Tempel 1 and an 820-pound probe released by the Deep Impact spacecraft. The Deep Impact probe smacked the comet at 1:52 a.m. EDT. The collision kicked up gas and dust from the comet's surface. The image sequence follows the expanding debris for 62 minutes after the impact...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Deep Impact; What -- COMETS; What -- Earth; What -- Sun; Where -- Maryland; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble's New Camera Delivers Breathtaking Views of the Universe - NASA
*Description*:> Artist's Concept Simulation of the formation of the galaxy known as "The Mice." The simulation depicts the merger of two spiral galaxies, pausing and rotating at the stage resembling the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of "The Mice," dissolving to that image, and continuing on to finish the merger. *Simulation By:*: Josh Barnes (University of Hawaii) and John Hibbard (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) Technical facts about this news release: About the...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Draco; What -- Monoceros; What -- Sagittarius; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Milky Way Galaxy
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| NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and J. Garvin (NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]/GSFC)
*Description*: This color composite focuses on the 26-mile-diameter (42-kilometer-diameter) Aristarchus impact crater, and employs ultraviolet- to visible-color-ratio information to accentuate differences that are potentially diagnostic of ilmenite- (i.e, titanium oxide) bearing materials as well as pyroclastic glasses. The symphony of color within the Aristarchus crater clearly shows a diversity of materials _î__Ѷ anorthosite, basalt, and olivine...
Keywords: moon; What -- Crater; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Moon; What -- Earth; What -- Apollo 17; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Hawaii
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-N) GOODS Chandra Deep Field - South (GOODS: CDF-S) Object Description: Optical Survey Optical survey Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 55s Dec. +62Ôø_Ôø_ 14' 15" R.A. 03h 32m 30s Dec. -27° 48' 20" Constellation: Ursa Major Fornax Dimensions: Approximately 10' x 16' Approximately 10' x 16' About the Data Description: These GOODS datasets are from the Hubble proposals: 942...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and Lynn Barranger (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
*Description*:> Interview segment with Dr. Mauro Giavalisco, Associate Astronomer at Space Telescope Science Institute. Clip references the importance of the GOODS project and the highlights, surprises, and reassuring evidence found. Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-N) GOODS Chandra Deep Field - South (GOODS: CDF-S) Object Description: Optical Survey Optical survey Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and Lynn Barranger (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
*Description*:> Interview segment with Dr. Anton Koekemoer, Scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute. Clip references how Chandra detected X-ray sources not seen optically by Hubble and the interpretation of these results. Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-N) GOODS Chandra Deep Field - South (GOODS: CDF-S) Object Description: Optical Survey Optical survey Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-N) GOODS Chandra Deep Field - South (GOODS: CDF-S) Object Description: Optical Survey Optical survey Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 36m 55s Dec. +62Ôø_Ôø_ 14' 15" R.A. 03h 32m 30s Dec. -27° 48' 20" Constellation: Ursa Major Fornax Dimensions: Approximately 10' x 16' Approximately 10' x 16' About the Data Description: These GOODS datasets are from the Hubble proposals: 942...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and J. Garvin (NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]/GSFC)
*Description*: The Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaged Aristarchus crater and nearby Schroter's Valley rille on Aug. 21, 2005. The Hubble images reveal fine-scale details of the crater's interior and exterior in ultraviolet and visible wavelengths at a scale of approximately 165 to 330 feet (50 to 100 meters) per picture element. Aristarchus crater is 26 miles (42 kilometers) in diameter and approximately 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) in depth, and sits at the southeastern edge ...
Keywords: moon; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Crater; What -- Moon; What -- Earth; What -- Apollo 17; Where -- Hawaii
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - *Video Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/18/video/d/still/1/ ]
*Description*:> This video sequence pinpoints the seven X-ray sources [supermassive black holes] discovered in the southern field with the Chandra X-ray Observatory that cannot be seen in the Hubble view. The sequence begins with a view of the full Chandra field. Small boxes appear which pinpoint the black holes [the red blobs]. The video then zooms into the Chandra field to show close-ups of two black holes, which disappear in the Hubble image...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and Lynn Barranger (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
*Description*:> Interview segment with Dr. Anton Koekemoer, Scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute. Clip references how Chandra detected X-ray sources not seen optically by Hubble and the interpretation of these results. Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-N) GOODS Chandra Deep Field - South (GOODS: CDF-S) Object Description: Optical Survey Optical survey Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and Lynn Barranger (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
*Description*:> Interview segment with Dr. Niel Brandt, Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State University. Clip references Chandra?s role in the GOODS project and the observations of the number of supermassive black holes in very distant galaxies. Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-N) GOODS Chandra Deep Field - South (GOODS: CDF-S) Object Description: Optical Survey Optical survey P...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and J. Garvin (NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]/GSFC)
*Description*: This image showcases Hubble Space Telescope's first high-resolution ultraviolet and visible imaging of the Apollo 17 landing region within the Taurus-Littrow valley of the Moon. Humans last walked and drove on the lunar surface in this region (marked "+" in the image at left and at lower right) in December 1972. The image at upper right was taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts (Dr. H. Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan)...
Keywords: moon; Who -- Gene Cernan; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Apollo 15; What -- Taurus; What -- Moon; What -- Crater; What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Earth; What -- Apollo 17; Where -- The Valley; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Hawaii
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| The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme - *Video Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/video/a/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/video/a/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/video/a/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. It is a 50-light-year- wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth is taking place. This is a color version of a zoom into and pan across the heart of the Carina Nebula...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Camera 2; What -- Wide Field Planetary Camera 2; What -- Carina; What -- Constellation; Where -- Milky Way Galaxy; Where -- California; Where -- Colorado; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Chile
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| The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme - *Video Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ] and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/video/b/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/video/b/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/video/b/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. It is a 50-light-year- wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth - and death ? is taking place. This is a black and white version of a zoom into and pan across the heart of the Carina Nebula...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Camera 2; What -- Wide Field Planetary Camera 2; What -- Carina; What -- Constellation; Where -- Milky Way Galaxy; Where -- California; Where -- Colorado; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Chile
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| The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey - *Video Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/18/video/a/still/1/ ]
*Description*:> The GOODS survey, with targets in the northern and southern skies, covers 60 times the area of the original Hubble Deep Field observations, taken in 1995. In fact, the survey encompasses such a wide area that astronomers tiled together a series of exposures from Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys to make the large mosaic of the Southern Hemisphere field. Technical facts about this news release: About the Observation Observation Name: GOODS Hubble Deep Field - North (GOODS: HDF-...
Keywords: What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Fornax; What -- ESO; Where -- Wisconsin; Where -- Madison; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Arizona
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| Hubble's Largest Galaxy Portrait Offers a New High-Definition View - *Credit:* ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], Three Rivers Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Panther Observatory, Digitized Sky Survey II, and M. Kornmesse (Hubble Europe/ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ])
*Description*:> Spiral galaxy M101 is located in the northern constellation Ursa Major. A "zoom" into the galaxy first reveals its location in the nighttime sky. Pushing past Ursa Major into the center of M101 reveals the details in the spiral arms. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: M101 (NGC 5457, The Pinwheel Galaxy) Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Ursa Major; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Camera 2; Where -- M101; Where -- NGC 5457; Where -- Pinwheel Galaxy; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); Where -- California; Where -- Santa Cruz; Where -- Canada; Where -- France; Where -- Hawaii; Where -- Arizona
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